Reduced minimums
Ready to take the next step on your trading journey? Get reduced minimum deal or trade sizes for two weeks and reduced commission rates on Singapore and US shares for six weeks when you open a CFD trading account or upgrade from a demo account.
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What are the benefits of reduced minimums?
Trade in a reduced-risk environment
Start building your confidence trading on live markets for your first six weeks
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Unlike a demo account, you’ll have the opportunity to make real profits (or losses)
Trade with CFDs
Reduced minimum deal sizes and shares commission rates available for CFDs
What are reduced minimum deal sizes and commission rates?
Reduced minimum deal or trade sizes, enable you to take a position at 50% of the size that we normally require. Get to enjoy reduced commission rates for CFDs on Singapore shares and US shares. They are a great way to start trading, or an ideal next step if you’ve been perfecting your trading skills on our demo account. Although you’ll be trading on live markets, you’ll be able to lessen your exposure, and so reduce your risk.
This offering for minimum trade sizes is available for the entirety of your first 14 days trading from a live CFD account, across all of our markets, while the offering for reduced commissions for CFDs on Singapore and US shares is available for the first six weeks.
Our prices are already competitive, but our reduced minimum deal sizes and commissions on Singapore and US shares will help you keep costs down while you build your confidence trading live.
- Reduced minimum deal sizes
- Reduced commission rates
| Market | Standard (after 14 days) | Lower minimum bet size (first 14 days) |
| FTSE | 2 | 1 |
| GBP/USD | 1 | 0.5 |
| Gold | 3 | 1.5 |
Singapore shares
| Week | Min. online commission |
|---|---|
1 - 2 |
SGD3 |
3 - 4 |
SGD6 |
5 - 6 |
SGD8 |
US shares
| Week | Min. online commission |
|---|---|
1 - 2 |
USD3 |
3 - 4 |
USD6 |
5 - 6 |
USD8 |
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FAQs
Am I eligible for reduced minimums?
You’ll be eligible for reduced minimum deal sizes and commission rates for local and US shares if:
- You’re a new client, who is within the first month of creating their live account
- You’ve been using an IG demo account and are within the first month of upgrading to a live account
How long will I be able to enjoy lower minimums for?
You’ll be able to take advantage of our reduced deal or trade sizes offering for 14 days and reduced commission rates for CFDs on Singapore and US shares for six weeks after you have opened your live account. During this time you can build your confidence trading, ready to start trading our standard deal sizes.
Do I have to be a new client to use reduced minimums?
Yes – or at least, you’ll have to have a new live CFD trading account. If you have already been using our demo account, you can upgrade to a live account and still use reduced minimum deal sizes for the first two weeks and reduced commission rates for CFDs on Singapore and US shares for the first six weeks.
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